SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH GREAT FORCE FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE SLID TO A STOP. THE DEALER'S DIAGNOSES WAS THAT DEBRIS IN THE ROTORS CAUSED THE NOISE. HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHY THE VEHICLE COULD NOT STOP WITHOUT SLIDING. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS RESURFACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 900 MILES. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR ORDER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000 MILES.*AK
2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS WAITING IN LINE OF TRAFFIC TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL. CAR WAS IN DRIVE, MY FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY RACED AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD ABOUT 10 FEET. I STOMPED HARDER ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR DID STOP, BUT AT NO TIME HAD MY FOOT EVER LEFT THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND WAS NOT EVEN REMOTELY TOUCHING THE GAS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND, BUT WHEN THE INCIDENT WAS OVER, I REALIZED THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. MY WIFE OBSERVED THE INCIDENT FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT AND CONCURS THAT MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME. SHE LATER CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAT HAD NOT SHIFTED TO PRESS ON THE GAS, BUT CONFIRMED THAT NOTHING WAS IN CONTACT, OR EVEN NEAR THE GAS PEDAL. MY WIFE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THE SAME DAY TO CHECK THE COMPUTER CODES, BUT NOTHING WAS RECORDED IN THE HISTORY. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN OCTOBER 2007. MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 19,912. *TR